5Gal tank:
-1 male betta (Lucky One-Fin, I recently adopted him.)
-1 african dwarf frog (unnamed so far, I bought him to keep Lucky One-Fin company, my pet store recommended him as good tank mate for bettas)
-6 tetras (neons, to add a little color and activity, there were a lot of long moments when the frog and betta were just in hiding)
-2 snails (about 1cm each)
-1 dwarf onion plant
-1 banana plant
I just bought the 5Gal about 10 days ago.
I cycled it for a week, using gravel and plants from my established tank, added the betta and the snails, then the frog, then the tetras.
There's a little cave/hidey-spot for them.
Using nothing but what came with it as a starter kit :
15W light
undergravel filter system
It seems to be doing pretty good. It could use a water change already, as I didn't realise how little these fish were going to eat... Compared to....
My other tank is 10Gal:
-2 gourami (blue, but they are a marbled blue, not the tri-spot variety. They were named Bonnie and Clyde... But someone pointed out to me that they are both female. Thelma and Louise)
-2 platyfish (recent additions, not really named yet)
-3 guppies, (female, fancy. Nona, Decima, Morta)
-1 pleco (I don't like the way he looks at me.... I don't know how long I will keep him for. I didn't intend to have him more than a few months anyways)
-6-8 snails, (up to 1cm each, some a little smaller)
-2 dwarf onion plants
-2 banana plants
I use a standard 10Gal hood and light on it.
fluval submersible filter, for tanks up to 12gal
and a submersible heater for tanks up to 15gal
I'm pretty good about the upkeep, I change about 20% of the water weekly, if the tank ever looks dirty or discolored I do a full clean, gravel, plants, tank, equip, etc...
The 5Gal I have taken to throwing a small piece of frozen brine shrimp (I just buy the small cubes, and cut them in half, or near to) about every 2nd morning, and putting in a few betta pellets once a day. and tropical flakes 2 times a day. Not very much though haha, those tetras are nothing.
Once or twice a week, I throw in a few crumbs from a spirulina wafer.
The 10gal, I throw about a half cube of brine shrimp in every morning, and occasionally in the evening if my fish seem to be hungrier than usual. I also use spirulina wafers, i break them in half and throw half in every morning.
And these guys get 2-3 fairly generous helpings of tropical flakes every day. Sometimes more, if they just eat it all real quick, I usually give them a little bit extra. Those gouramis have big appetites, and they sort of ninja all the food to themselves
Also, since I am new, I just want to say hello to everyone, even though technically this is the wrong thread for introducing myself.
-1 male betta (Lucky One-Fin, I recently adopted him.)
-1 african dwarf frog (unnamed so far, I bought him to keep Lucky One-Fin company, my pet store recommended him as good tank mate for bettas)
-6 tetras (neons, to add a little color and activity, there were a lot of long moments when the frog and betta were just in hiding)
-2 snails (about 1cm each)
-1 dwarf onion plant
-1 banana plant
I just bought the 5Gal about 10 days ago.
I cycled it for a week, using gravel and plants from my established tank, added the betta and the snails, then the frog, then the tetras.
There's a little cave/hidey-spot for them.
Using nothing but what came with it as a starter kit :
15W light
undergravel filter system
It seems to be doing pretty good. It could use a water change already, as I didn't realise how little these fish were going to eat... Compared to....
My other tank is 10Gal:
-2 gourami (blue, but they are a marbled blue, not the tri-spot variety. They were named Bonnie and Clyde... But someone pointed out to me that they are both female. Thelma and Louise)
-2 platyfish (recent additions, not really named yet)
-3 guppies, (female, fancy. Nona, Decima, Morta)
-1 pleco (I don't like the way he looks at me.... I don't know how long I will keep him for. I didn't intend to have him more than a few months anyways)
-6-8 snails, (up to 1cm each, some a little smaller)
-2 dwarf onion plants
-2 banana plants
I use a standard 10Gal hood and light on it.
fluval submersible filter, for tanks up to 12gal
and a submersible heater for tanks up to 15gal
I'm pretty good about the upkeep, I change about 20% of the water weekly, if the tank ever looks dirty or discolored I do a full clean, gravel, plants, tank, equip, etc...
The 5Gal I have taken to throwing a small piece of frozen brine shrimp (I just buy the small cubes, and cut them in half, or near to) about every 2nd morning, and putting in a few betta pellets once a day. and tropical flakes 2 times a day. Not very much though haha, those tetras are nothing.
Once or twice a week, I throw in a few crumbs from a spirulina wafer.
The 10gal, I throw about a half cube of brine shrimp in every morning, and occasionally in the evening if my fish seem to be hungrier than usual. I also use spirulina wafers, i break them in half and throw half in every morning.
And these guys get 2-3 fairly generous helpings of tropical flakes every day. Sometimes more, if they just eat it all real quick, I usually give them a little bit extra. Those gouramis have big appetites, and they sort of ninja all the food to themselves
Also, since I am new, I just want to say hello to everyone, even though technically this is the wrong thread for introducing myself.
